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10 THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GA- TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 16 1884. TWELVE PAGES. GONE TO HER GRAVE. NANCY FRAZIER AND HER BABY SLEEP THE LAST SLEEP. T??. You PC Women Who woo IP the Boom with Hr*. JKOlt Bow when tho Mldnlcht Vordor Oo- onrrad. o????o Birth to o Bohr ond Dior in Qrtftt Agony, Otter Point*. Tuesday morning a little blnelc-syed boy three years old )>ullcd at the apron strings of bis grandmother. in a little house on Howell ??? street. Tho old lady was busying herself with jj' the household cures nud was putting the aim ?? ??? plf???Jj/cakfost on a pine table in one corner of t l tbribom. "My Nan wants tuter/???mid the youngster, ?? tfmy Nan wants.toter, dranma." Ho waa given a potato, aud walked into an adjoining room, where lay, as if.droway from a late morning nap, Nancy Frazier, the young girl who was several months ago arrested os an accomplice in tho diabolical murder of Mrs. Jennie Hose, wife of Charles Koso, then night yard master of the Air-Line railroad. The boy disappeared through the door and soon celled been: "My Nan won???t have ???tater." It was an unusual thing for- Nancy Frazier to refuse to take anything from the little or phan whose mother had been so brutally murdered, and the hoy???* black eyes flashed with vexation as he offered tho potato and ro- ceivcd no attention from the girl, who had always been so careful to humor his childish whims. Tho hoy's "grandma" was Mrs. Jones, mother of the murdered woman, and the boy was Charley Hose???s only child. Nancy Frasier had lived in the family sinco tho murder. JK THE WHOM OP X>J??4TJf. Mrs. Jones, attracted by the child???s repeat ed calls that "Nan would not take ???tater,??? went into tho room and found the girl utmost uneoniciou*. "Nancy I" she cried, "what???s the matter??????? The girl paid no attention. "Nancy???? Nancy Frasier opened her dull eyes, but did not speak. Mrs. Jones took hold of .nor and shook her. film ruined up in bed on her el bow. Then she fell (pick on the pillow and closed her ryes again. Mis. Jones hastily poured out some cam phor, and rubbtd Miss Frasier on the chest and arms. At the samo time she sent for Dr. Carter and Dr. ltceder. "Whiro do you hurt???? asked the old lady. The girl put her band to her forehead. ??? "Anywhere else???? The girl was silent. The rjunstion was re peated, and thero euino a whispered "no." The sullcn r went into u spasm, aud Mrs. Jones called in an old negro woman who we??? near, and they struightcued the, girl out on tho bed and tried to inakc her comfortable. Very noon the doctor* wisw bolide tho bod. They soon saw wliut it was-???puerperal convulsion* I They at once begun their labors, hut they agreed that they had a do*norato easo,und told the family that there was little room for hope. All day long they tdnyed by tho girl???* bedside, and at interval* during Tuesday night were thero. They gave hor every attention, but ???sho continued in an uuconscioua state, having CMivulaions every now and thou. Tho family insisted to tlw dm-tors Hint tho girl was not about to become a mother, but ??Uwo o???clock Wednesday night she OAVR BIUTII TO A Ultll. HART. This was a very creat surprise too Very body. Tho baby was dead and tho doctors said had been for savc/al days, but it was a full grown . and full term child, well developed and bar- ting the splotches of blood that had collected ' under its skin, whs a good looking baby. Tho young mother was unconscious aud could not see her child. And now comes a strange part of the baby alory. Over the baby???s left eye nud on tho lid thereof, wu* u splotch of blood that looked wonderfully like a bullet hole. It was a terri ble birth-iunrk undone that sunt a chill of horror to the heart of every one present. It showed so. the old ladles said, that Nancy Frasier find clapped n hand to h??r eyos when she stood over the form of the murdered woman and looked at the bullet hoik that piereod hor brain. A terrible picture it reeallod. Tho girl and the young wife were asleep in tho room. The young hunband wns away at work. Beside the younu wifo lay tho curiy-haired boy. It wn* a drizzling night, and the rain pattered dismally against the little house. At midnight the girl ran out, half dressed and screaming. The neighbors were called up and entered the little house. On tho bed was Mrs. Hare, dead, her hair matted with her own blood, nud the crimson stream running over the little form that lay sleeping beside hor. A rear window up, and footprints in tho yard, showed where the murderer had escaped alter doing lit* fatal work. That was tho picture that was photographed by the splotch of blood on the baby???* eyelid. dratm comm to nancy vrazinn. Nancy Frasier hud been accused as an ac complice in the murder. Many behoved lino bad murdered lim wife, others believed that Nancy Frusiir bud murdered her, and tho balance of the thinkers thought a burglar had' awakeiunl her and bud murdered her to pre vent Identification. With tho rotnombranoo of (but awlul night when she struck a light aud found her r<-uipaiiiott murdered, aud with the odditiounl knowledge that she was sooner or later to meet disgrace through a men???s- treachery, the girl lived sullenly until tho con vulsions seised her Tuesday morning. After the birth of In r baby she seemed to grow easier, but still aulfered great pain. Thru she grew worse and suffered the most intense agony until about eleven o???clock Wednesday night when she dud. From the time she was taken until her death she was practically uncoil- arious, only the merest nods indicating that site realized anything at all. film wa* unable t?? answer lju* aMmon. but for nearly two days and nights sutler,d death, tf she had iu< I trust-bed death wore peacefully she might iave made s dying statetneui that would have been exceedingly interesting, but a* she went cut of the wo??l*t in such a tumult of sulferiug she left no story ufihe terrible night's experi ence beyond hi r statements at the time of tho tragedy. in a Moral or death. A Covavttrito* mail visited the place Thurs day aud saw the dead mother and baby. Poverty dwell* in the house of the Jones family, and th, luruiture i#simple and thero is not much of it. Oa two chairs rested a | lain nine 'coffin stained a dark r*l*?? but without any handles or on * n>??iiUtion of any sort. It was as cheap as a jwMiwr coffin and looked very murk like on* Tit*- lid wa* raised and in the ct-fltn lay tl?? t. m ..f the dead girl dressed and trady t?? t t ?? grave. On the lie,1 wav the little ntt,i t| *- ???- i.taincd tho babv form. It wss plain likt -t mother???s coilin.'Th* m**th*??r i nd child w, )??? tfc*,- prepared in the simpi-M wav for their u i ...p. The hpu*e t* at- ?????t a block thU side of the plsre w}i??r?? tl -.i.iinlrr occurred, aud tV nelfbt^rr wi r?? *?? . n.hly familiar with th??* I in* yotm??? <irl ul in tlr thr place Tl her \ si v. In lb; an, at ttic young girl played r of people called at ?????? a. c the *Iead girl and 3 o'clock a little proeo??* ????? i.ieterv. There Nancy * were buried. The grave lirtt p.??r??ou who looked of Mr*. Jennie K*m<>, and *?? w, re scaled forever, rmrut wav. tuld you to," and will for the little ??id Mis* Frazier say she iiippco TS i* married to a young nun -??? v low cry Hmueh, and that they ware to have msm.d la*i t'hrUtnma. The engage- iBcnt was broken r.ir. Miss Frasier came to Hoses hitm it. March. The doctors aay Beae is v indu-* t*d. |f j tt Frasier swore before tkacoronrr s jury that she had always been ??? *w*uou?? girl. Charley Rosa has baa* til! . Ifeopl* wi: helicie that eeffln. but tl was sick for aeveral weeks with bil ious fever, but was out Thurs day. He was asked by a Constitution man it he bad any thiog more to any about the mur der, and replied??? "No, I???m going to keep my mouth out ol it." Nancy Frazier's mother died when Naney was three years old, and the girl waa raised by a stepmother. When Nancy got grown they failed to agree nnd *bc left. GEORGIA ATNKtV ORLEANS. The guest ion n* to Whether the Stnte Will Exhibit Her Ilenources There. Last night Commissioner P. C. Bacon left for fiavarmab. yesterday ho conferred with Governor McDaniel in reference to the pro- pored exhibit of Georgia???s agricultural, rain* nol and industrial resources at New Orleans. The governor expressed himself freely at the meeting of the district and county f-ommiMiom rn held in the senate chamber Isst Tuesday, and emphasized the importance of ii lull exhibit of tho resources of the state at the e xposition. When the resolutions look ing ton further presentation of tho matter to the people of the various counties jn the state had been passed, on motion Major J. M. Cou- per, of Darien, the governor was requested to give the m bis approval before they were sent out to the commissioners in the dis tricts, ond the counties of this state. The resolutions look to another effort to raise the money for a Georgia exhibit at New Orleans. The district commissioners are to direct the county commissioners to open books fer voluntary subscriptions in overy county of the state. On the first of October the district romruisMioticrs arc to inform Commissioner Baron wli*t has been dono in their respective districts aud ho will thou determine what ho had best do. Mr. Bacon stated dearly aTthe meeting on Tuesday that Geor gia hod letter MARK So RXIIiniT than to make one which failed to represent her resources fully. Ho lias been of tho opin ion all the while that $20,000 Is the least sum with which the work should ho attempted. Before having for their various homes, tho com missioner}) who came from All parts of Georgia, spoke eucouragingly to Mr. Bacon and wont away resolved to innko an earnest effort to secure the support of their people to the groat project which is now trembling between suc- m?? and failure. Yesterday Governor McDaniel gave -IIIH IMiOkSkMkNT TO TIIX RESOLUTION*!, and tlu-y were printed to bo distrihutol nil over Georgia. The next three weeks will, therefore, settle tho question whether Georgia will be represented ut Now OrJean* ??* n slate. A number of counties and aeveral cities have already determined to make i??nr??*KM)KST exhibits the slate does not take a part in great display, hut in such event it will to dcstinctly stated that there is no regulur state exhibit nnd that whut is shown represents only local attractions and the result of local enterprise. Jf the eominisaiouors re port that as much ns $10,000 can he raised by oluntnry contributions the work of preparing grund Georgia exhibit will probably bo begun u the first of October. THE HILL STATUE. The NccqwNnry Relay in it* Completion and the Question of Location. It wns expected that the statue of Senator Hill, to bo erected by tho people of Georgia, would be ready for iiuveiling early in Novem ber. Not long ngo, however, Dr. it. D. Spald ing, tho chnirman of tho committeo which has charge of all tho arrange ment for the monument, received a letter from Mr. Alexander Doyle, of New York, tho sculptor, stating that he could not convenient ly finish the statue by tho first of November, and asking further time. Dr. Spalding re plied that while tho committee wanted the work dope as scon as it was practicable, time wns ii consideration subordinate to tho Quality c.r the- work. Ho stated that in tho jrpi k the highest oxoellonco would be'required. * Nothing has lately boon heard from Mr. Doyle, but it is known that he is at work on the statue, and tho fact that he agrees to giro perfect satisfaction to tho committee, or have nothing for his work, in dicates that he means to do his best. At such work he has been singularly successful, hav ing executed the FAMOUS I.KK STATUS in New Orleans and various other works of merit, lie has obtained exeollont portraits of Mr. llill, hs* ascertained his measuroments, his muni habit of dress, etc., and in short, is furnished with all the noccssnry details for his work. The figure will bo horoiej size, nearly seven feet high aud will stand on a pedestal fifteen feet high. Considorahlo interest is felt in tho location of tho statuo ami it is yet an unsettled question. It was tho purpose of tho committee nt first to have it placed in tho opeu space at tho junction of Murietta and Peachtree streets, but tho artesian well has been placed there, slid another site must bo chosen. Various (toiuta in the city have been suggested, including Capitol square, Grant nark, and other localities. No action has yet been taken, aud tho location may not bo determined for some weeks to como. It is not probable that the statue will bo ready before TIIM riKST OV JANUARY. It will be carefully inspeatod by the com mittee Indore it is accepted, and if it meets their approval, thero will doubtless ho very general satisfaction with it. When it ie.com- plot* ??nd iu its placp it wM be unveiled with appropriate ceremonies. A BEAUTIFUL STRUCTURE. The New Central 1???resbyterinn^Church Now til Croce*** uf Erection. AtlsnU is famous alike tor the number of its churches ond for the elegance of its houses of worship. Among uil its beautiful church edifices the new Fcntrnl Presbyterian church a il! lie conspicuous. It is situated admirably ou Washington street just oppostio Capitol square. The old church wus largo nnd comior table, but the growing congregation and the advance iu tlu* general style ol architecture in Atlanta suggested its removal to give place to tho now structure. The work upon it is now sufficiently well advanced to give some idea of tho exteut and style of the completed edifice. It Was de signed l??y Mr. K. U. l.iud, of this city. Tho architecture is tine Gothic, aud tho ulovutious exhibit* ??i by the architect show a xkMAnxAaLr hanosomk ntitaixa. It will front directly on tue street, and will present a musette and imjioiuig appearance. 1 he front U to be of Tettnessee limestone, which i* about as white ns marble and standr a.ll the tests of climate and weather without staining. The rear will be of the fiu.**t Mewed trick and trimmings of limestone. The interim* will be iu kcetuug with the ele gpuceofthe exterior. Iu tue basement there w ill be several reception rooms, a library aud l ester???s study. The main space on this floor, however, will be taken un by n lecture room. It will be especially adopted for Sunday- school uses by au arraugcumut ol partition* which will divide it into vari??*u?? apartments but which in a moment can be sunk through the tunl leave one large hall. Tins ma!u*udt- torium will be arranged with every considera tion of TASTK AVI* CONTORT. It will be supplied with orchestra chairs ar- rttipul **n au incline floor in somi-circlcs which narrow down to the pulpit. In a railed gallery behind the pulpit will be placed the ebotr and the organ. Another gallery will rxtend all around the auditorium. The seat ing capacity of the church will be 1,200, aud it will cost $40,000. The work will be f.??r enough advanced by December to allow the congregation the use of the basement and the entilt edifice will be finished next year. It will U* one of the hand??onie??t churches in the south???an ornament to Atlanta, and oa honor to the congregation that is building it. A Negro Nomination. Taixotiox, Go., fieptesttbar t.-t8pecUi.)-The twenty fifth arnatorial ^oegro republican conven tion met ktra and oomtnatwt Owen Shannon labUO.ol Cpao*. a* Ibetr candidate tor a???atar. They indulged in the usual amount ol (was and u*t4??tco. and Monet Maine aud tetu and tbc repotdloan party generally. No other aetaf- naUoo was made. ??? A WIFE ONLY IN NAME. SEQUEL TO THE STORY OF THE DESERTED BABY Over Whose Fleshle* Bones the Coroner Sold an Inqutst a Month Ago???A Woman's Trust, and a Man's Perfidy??? Seduced, Married and Deserted^.One Woman's Woes. "I would rather lie in h???11 than to face my friends after this I" exclaimed A. A. Shel don, a young grocery merchant on McDonough street, last Sunday morning os he glanced at a paragraph in Tug Constitution. The para graph wa* the simple announcement of Shel don???s marriage to a young lady in Atlanta. The yovng man at once grew very excite 1, sought a friend, clotted out his business, and Sunday night skipped by tho light of the moon. "I???ll go to the ends of the earth???any where???by the first train, but I won???t stay in Atlanta/??? he said. THE HTOBT OF A TEAM. A year or so ago Sheldon boarded in the home of an old man who had a daughter???a lx atittfuf girl just passed from girl Bond into J oung womanhood. He was a good looking ellow with a big mustache and a certain amount of dash and gallantry that somehow caught the fancy of tho young lady, aud often when the doy???a work wns over and the store closed the young merchant and the young maiden would enjoy A pleasant tete-a-tete in the porlor. Lower and lower wont the ligh t and cosier and cosier the young folks would ???it upon the sofa. These little after-work meetings were very pleasant, but they ended dihiMtroubly to both 8heldon nnd the young lady. Ono night about three months ago tho young woman confessed the name of her se ducer nnd tho old fother sought him and brought him to the bedside of the ruined girl. The old parents were broken-hearted at the disgrace that was soon to come upon them for their daughter???s sin. and asked Sheldou what amends he proposed to make. "1 will marry her," wo* tho prompt reply. "That," answered the old man, "would make some amend, and I hone you???ll do it.??? Sheldon promised faithfully. But there nos a very troublesome thing in tho way, and that was a BAIIY WITII LUSTY LUNQS for one ro young. A hasty nrovision was made for the uow comer. ShelAon went to a young man who had been his intimate friend and together they decided to leave tho child in the hands of a negro family to bo cured for until their marriage. Sheldon said he would marry the young lady ae soon us he could close out his business, aud then would take back the child and with the young mother seek fortune and happiness in some tut ol!' place This all seemed very fair, and a negro anil bis wifo were consulted. For ten dollar.) a month they agreed to taka tho child and care tor it. Sheldon???s friend acted for. him, nnd about midnight the negro and his wifo wore taken to the place, or very near - it, and tho baby was given to thorn wrappod up in a blanket. It was crying, and nil the parties were very much excited, and tho negro was told to make oil ns fast ns he could, which he very promptly did. In tho house worn tho lather and mother of the little waif that had been thus consigned to tho care of tho negroes. Tho old father and mother of the young girl were w ild with grief, and 8heldou quieted thou by his promises that all would be right in time. DIED FBOM NEGLECT. The litllo baby was carried home by the negroes. It was a weak littlo thing, and set nied to rcalizo that it was an uit^olcome visitor to scenes mundane. It grewMekly, and the negroes gave it condensed milk, and when it failed to thrive they naw-^ < ow???s milk, but tho soft nourishment Cunt ft.* mother could have afforded were doniod it tu save a woman nnd a family from shame. "You bavo a fat thing of it," Sheldon would say as tho negro ajqieared at tho storo ot stated intervals to receivo his stipend for the cero of tho babv. Tho negro???s purjc grew thicker and the baby grow thinner. Tho little nose grew peaked, the eyes sunkeu, ond day by day tho little- torin faded away. At last, about n month ngo, tho little sufferer, practically deserted by its father and mother, grew tired of tho existence so grudgingly given nnd drew its last ration of broattu This was the baby that wos writton up -by Tub (???oMcmuTioN a month ago. The details of its druth, its inbumou treatment and all the cir cumstances ns fur as obtainable werfi- givon aud sent a thrill of horror through thfi com munity. The coroner held an inquotiiftnd a verdict was rendered charging that the child had died Irotu criminal neglect oa tln\ port of its parents. Tho parents were not than know ii, the uegroe* swearing that they know only tho young man who had brought them tho baby. Sheldon had kept himself securely concealed in the transaction and prateudud that the child was loft at his storo by the lather ol the baby. *1 UK PABKNTS MARRY. Coroner llilburn worked hard on the case and soon learned that Hheldon was the .guilty father. His first impulse was to have him arrested and to prosecute the case. Sheldon stated most positively that ho iutendsd to m-iiy his victim, and that ho had always hceu of that mind and was only waiting bis chance. Tho father of the girl was very anx ious to save his daughter aud hU family from disgrace. Sheldon said he intended to carry out hi* promise fully, but if tho mailer got. out he would sutler his throat cut before uo would many tho girl. "When will you marry her?" wa# asked him. "In three weeks or a month," he said. It wns evident that he wanted time to wind up his business and skip. "That is too lonx," was the reply. "It???s the beat 1 can do, geuUemtn,??? he answered. A policeman wna started for. "Here," said Sheldon, running bis hand into his vest pocket and drawing out a five dollar bill, which he handed to the coroner; "take that, get a license and meet me at the house with a preacher." That night a quiet marriage occurred at the girl???* home. Sheldon seemed penitent, and' told the minister ho was sorry fur his conduct, that he loved tho girl and would do a hus band???s part by her. They were married, and the young wile thought she taw tho dawn of a brighter day. SHELDON PX3EBT8 VIS B1JD1. There was something exceedingly mysteri ous about Shelton???* acts. Ho asked that thf marriage be kept a secret for the time' being, and handed bis wife twenty dollar*, telling her to scud to the store for more whenever she wanted it. lie kept away from tho house bnt wrote a note occasionally to his wife in answer to note a from her. It waa evident, however, that Fhtluou bated the whole family, and when Sunday the notice of his marriage appeared in the paper he took it es an excuse to desert, and closing out his busiuese, left Very suddenly. Where he has gone no one knows. Ha gave his wife no notice of his intended departure and although he h*s now been away several days be basnet written to her. She is in great distress and feels that ftheldon hat used the clemency extended to him to secure time to ruarcut and leave her so far behind him that he will never be troubled by her ???gain. Of course the family and tho wire are in great distress. Sheldon's mother liye*>t I Cave Spring. She is very old and the 'way* j ward sun is her only support. The Ii trie sofa 1 rbaU thus resulted ???quite ditastronaly to two J families. j-beld.-n was flirting around quite proatitcu-. Cindy just be fa re the marriage and it Is said was engaged to cue or two e??tunabl?? young ladies. A Florida Ravi*tier Lymchsd. Jacxwv villa. Fla., September IL-Jamea Jack- sen, a Cipro, brutally a. **suited an agsi While woman yesterday near Oxford. Yla. He.was ar- rwirdandnlercdlnjaa To-??Mb I be>m taken frem the cncm by a masked mooand lyrcbsd- A DESPERATE DUEL. A Hand to Iland Encounter Between Cap tain Couch and a Desperate Negro. Captain Couch, one of Atlanta???s most faith ful and efficient police officers, was seriously injured Thursday morning by Charlie John son, a desperate negro man with whom he bad a terrible band to hand fight. Late Wednesday night Captain Couch re ceived a sealed note from a gentleman saying that be believed he knew the person who whs trying to burglarize the Atlanta female institute Tuesday night. Tho note went ou to say that the man suspected by the writer was Charlie Johnson, who v c?? working for Mr. Kingsberry, on Peach tree street, and that Johnson???s right hand and wrist were badly cut up And , that the ruts were fresh aud appeared , to have been made by glass. Captain Couqh knew the wriier of thf note ond having every confidence in his statement, Thursday morning sent Patrolmen Bedford and Fry sock to Air. Kingsberry???s residence with instructions to arrest Johnson nud convey him to the city prison. The patrolmen >OUM> JOHNSON AT MR. EINOSBKBBV???.S STABLES, and telling him that he was wanted started off with him. Johnson evidently had no idea that he was suspected of burglarizing the institute and quickly accompanied the patrolmen to the city prison where he was given a cell. Soon after Johnson???s arrest, Captain Couch had an interview with him, but he claimed to know nothing nnd when asked if he had any idea who burglarized the institute profesred to be ignorant of that crime. During the in terview Captain Couch asked Johnson to let him see his hands. Johnson held up his left bund only, ond when the captain told him to put out the right, Johnson said: "What???s dat fur; ain???t bof hands jus* alike???? "No matter,??? said tho captain, "put up your right hand nnd let mo see it." Reluctantly Johnson shoved his right ihrt-ugh the bars and exhibited a strong link in the chain of circumstantial evidence tend ing to fix the attempted burglary oi the insti tute upon him. Entirely across the front part ol the wrist wo* a long, ugly, deep gash, while a number of smaller CLT8 AND SCRATCHES SURROUNDED THF. ARM at and near that joint. Tho hand too was Lndly mashed up and tho wounds were evidently made by tho hand being pushed through a window glass. After re garding the scratched hand some time, Cap tain Couch said: ???Johnson, where did you got those scratches on that hand???? Oh, deys uothen. I fell fom a bridge at do springs and hurt it. Data all,??? was his ply. "When???? asked tho captain. "Bout four weeks ago." Tho cuts were too fresh for a month old and the captain told Johnson that he wav the man who had burglarized tho institute and that the unds on nis hand were made when ho knocked a hole in tho window through which ho jumped when he inado his escajiu. John son denied tho charge strenuously, and ox- pret-Bcd a willingness to go beforo Mrs. Bal lard at the institute FOB THE PURPOSE OF BRt*0 IDENTIFIED. About nine o'clock, Chief Connolly was mode congizant of the arrest by Captain Couch, and the two officers dcciacd to tuko Johnson to the institute. Captain Couch took him out of his cell nnd started to handcuff him. but after the cuff was on tho the left hand, Johnson asked the captain not to )>ut it on the right hand, saying that tho iron would hurt his wounds. Actuated by kindness, the captain left Johnson???s right hand free, nud taking hold of tho handcuff with his right hand, walked on Johnson???s left side to the institute. At tho institute Airs. Ballard looked ot the negro from tho front door, and said she believed he was the burglar. She naked tho chief to havo him taken into tho houso where other ladios could sea him, too. Captain Couch conducted Johnson through a side door to tho second floor of tho building, whero several la/lies looked at Johnson, all of whom identified him. The chief then started down the stairway to the main entrance, whilo the captain, holding tho handcuff, started down tho stairway to tho side entrance. Ills right hand was holding the cuff nud not dreaming of what waseomiug he carried his stick under his loft arm. Whon the captain was a little moro than two-thirds of tho way down, Johnson???who was next to tho wall, while the captain was next to tho raillng???suddenly ran in front of him and sprang over the railing, hoping that tho weight of his body would BREAK THE CAFTAIN???E HOLD upon him so that ho might escape. Johnson???s feet did not touch tho floor, and although ho was heavy tho captain held his grip, and sprung down the steps. As ho reached the bottom he stumbled, und tu au instant John son struck him n terrible blow, which knocked him dowu. As the captain full down the stops his pistol dropped from his pocket, and John son mode a dive for it, but the captain, seoing what he was up to, gave him a terrible kick. Johnson then grabbed tho captain???s stick,which is a heavy walnut cane, and began pouudiug Captain Couch over tho head. The captain???s rigut hand was engaged with the cuff nud his h it was useless from a heavy blow which Johnson hit him on tho shoulder. Ho saw that Johnson meant to kill him or roleaso himsrlf, aud began calling loudly for help.. Chief Connolly heard the calls, and rushing to tbc rescue, beat Johnson over the head until he gave in. CAFTAJJf COUCH???S INJURI1S, When Captain Couch arose he was covered with blood, ond wos blcediug from a half doz en wounds on the head, but with his usual grit he grabbed tho handcuff and led Johnson lack to prison. Dr. Alexander was sent for, and after examining Captain Couch???s wound, found that ho had received a terrible blow on tbe head near the left ear, and that the end of tho middle finger of his left hand had been knocked off. Be sides this his body was terribly bruised where Johnson had struck him with the stick. Tho doctor stated that tho captain could not work, and he wa* scut to his home, where is now resting quite easy. Dr. Kerstan was sent for to atte nd Johnson and found that hia head had been awfully cut up with Chief Connolly???s stick, but that bis injuries were not serious. WHO JOHNSON IN. Johnson is as bad a negro as Wily Redding. He is six feot two iuchcs tall and weighs ono hundred and seventy (tounds. He is a power ful man. In July, 18H3, he stole O. C. Carroll???s watch, nnd a*few nights later chlo roformed the household at 1? Collin* street aud stole a large amount of jewelry, lie was acquitted when tried for stealing the watch bteause he proved by^ail birds that he hod bought it, but when tried for robbing 17 Col lins street be was convicted and ???euteneed to the penitentiary for one year, bat was par- dum d by the powrnor. Johnson was bm?? of the jail birds who swore that Brown and 8*v- enger had confessed to the murder of old man moor and his wife. WHY JOHNSON WAS PARDONED. Johnson made a very strong showing fir a pardon at the hands of the governor. There was some doubt about bU guilt. All the testi mony against him was circumstantial Jud^e Hammond was not aatiftied with tho evidence, and wrote a strong letter to the governor urging Johnson's pardon. Johnson???s attorney secured certifi cates of good ebaraeterfor him from some of the bett people in Macon, and Judge Him- tnond said to would never have been con victed if he had proven such a character on tbe trial. Tbe jail people gave him a good character f*>r service* rendered in reporting a plot to break jail, and Attorngy- Gencral Anderson, also recommended.his p.-tr- don. Ilia wss certainly * very strong es??< for exicutive elenuner, especially as he had al ready lain iniail a year, and the county phy- ???tci*n certified, wu* suffering from heart dis ease. Jt hcson is a Macon negro. A Railroad Maw Fatally Woumlnl, CBattaxooca. Term., September 11.???{Special.) At Scddjr, afewnUcafroraihlscity.ontheCta- rinrati Poe then* n#d. J. H. Gregg this NsaraJag attempted to climb upon a frrtffct car, when he was ouflt between the lumpen. Be was thrown to tbc ground sud dratted ucdrr tbe ears thirty* or forty feet. Two vita wot severed frem tho barb bane. The head and anasanl otter portion* of the wmetmrribly matilatcd. His wounds COTTON AND CORN. THE WORLD???S CRIBS ARE FULL OF PROMISE. Cotton Seriously Affected by the Rstns la Some Sec tion*, ond the Drought in Others???Who*t Ex ceedln* ail Previous YIeldt-Th# Condition of Other Crops. Washington, September 10.???The depart ment of agriculture reports the condition of cotton on the first of September lower than on August first, by reason of the drought, which has been severest in Texas. Yet, in every state, east and north, to North Carolina, the apprehension that the too succulent early growth would wilt under the high tempera ture, and the absence of rain has been realized too generally. Local arcaz on the Atlantic coast appear to have had sufficient moisture, ; at a few points too much. On the low lands the effect of these meteorological changes has been tbe wide prevalence of rust and the shedding of leaves and young bolls. In the light Boijs fruiting will be hastened. The top bolls arc already forming. In those of greater moisture there is a strong weed, and with de ferred frosts, a good crop may be made. Thero are few lossc* by tbe caterpillar. When it has appeared it was promptly met Ly personal application. As a rule the boll woim has been more abundant than usual, and . has not had treatment sufficiently prompt. TnK AVERAGE CONDITION. The average condition for the whole field, which was 87 in the proceeding report, is re duced to 82K?? though Texas is tbe only state below that average. Tho only years of the > preceeding ten having lower averages in Sep tember were 1874, 3J4 points lowor; 1881, when tho average was only 70, and last.year when it was 74. The weather of the next three months may modify for tho butter or worse the actual result of tho harvest. Tho slate averages are: Virginia ML North Carolina .00. fin till) Carolina 87. Georgia HA. Florid* 88. Alabama 81. Dhxiuli*pi 83. Loustatia HI. Texas 72. Arkansas Hi. lenueuee .....90. TUB WHEAT PRODUCT. The product of winter wheat is above tho average, is generally of good quality, except w here injured by sprouting in the shock. The rate of yield is not far from 13 bushels per acre. Tho results of the harvest of spring wheat are not yet complete, and tho product cannot be precisely indicated. It is probable from tbe reports of the condition of the crop already harvested and threahod, that tho ag gregate will vary littlo from five hundred million bushels. Reports of much hignor fig ures oro sensational nnd misleading and ut terly unworthy oi credence The general av erage of the condition when harvostod is 03 against 83 lost year. The condition is against the samo as that reported in September, 1870, tho census crop, which yielded thirteen bushels per acre. The wheat states of the highest condition are California, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Ken tucky, Tennessee and Oregan. These, with some of minor production, snow figures higher than the general average. Nebraska and Kansas stand at 08; Ohio and Michigan 00: Indiana 94; Illinois 80. Tho eastern and southern states range lrom 81 in Missouri to 103 in Maine. TnK CORN CROP. Tho corn crop is in better condition than in any September since 1880. The gen eral average is 04. It was 84 last September, 83 in 1882, and 00 in 1881. It promises to produce an average yield of 20 bushels for tho entire breadth, or not less than 1,800 million bushols. It will make -the largest aggregate of quantity ever reported in tho history ot tho crop The 0Rtxcr9p averages a yield per acre, of about tho same as corn, and makes an aggre gate exceeding 500 million bushels. Its condi tion, when harvested, was 05, which is lojrer than for two previous years, but higher than for the prior years since 1878. Barley averages 07 against 100 last year, ond 05 in 1882. It will averago about 22 bushels per acre. THE RTN CROP. The general average for rye is 98, and for buckwheat 93, which indicates a medium crop of about twelve bushels per aero. The condition of potatoes averages 91, ogninst 95 last year. It will bo an abundant Crop, but not so large as last. There is some complaint of rot in New England. There is a wide range ol condition, running dowu to 82 in Ohio, while it is 91 in Michigan, tho same in Pennsylvania and 86 in Now York. There is a fine crop west of the Mississippi. The condition of tobacco is higher than in Septe mber ot any year sinco 1877. It aver ages 04 instead of 80 last September. Massa chusetts 100, Connecticut 103, New York 98, Pennsylvania 99, Wisconsin 100. Tho???cigar tobacco thus stands compara tively high: Maryland 91, Virginia 91, North Carolina 95, Kcutucky 93, Tennussco 105,Ohio 03. THE CROP REPORTS. W lint tlie CoiutnUaloner of Agriculture lias to bay on the Subject. The commissioner of agriculture bos favored Thk Constitution with the advance sheets of his report lor the month, which will be out in a day or two. It affords some very inter esting reading just at this titno. The com missioner says in his summary of thh cotton crop. Tho crop has fallen off four points since the last month???s report. Tho condition and pros pect is reported at 81 for the state. In north Georgia, 84; middle Georgia, 83: southwest Ceorgia, 82; east Georgia; - 76, an 1 southeast Georgia, 82. The report tor those sections iu lest month was, respectively, 82, 85, 92, 83 and 82. 1 he recent drouth, following an extremely wet season, has checked tbe growth and caused au unusual amount of (bedding. The rust had become general over a largo part of middle and nearly all of southern Geor gia about the last of the month, and is men tioned by many correspondent# as doing great damage to the crop. The disease is rapidly spreading, and it ia feared that the succeed ing erudition of the crop from this causo may fall much below the estimates of this month. The damage resulting from all casualties is estimated at 19 per ceat. ?? THE CORN CROF. The corn crop on uplands is good through out the state. On low bottoms the crop has been seriously injured by wet weathor and overflow. The condition of tl?? crop on low lands ha* probably unduly influenced many correspondents in estimating the general av erage. particularly in northern and middle Gtorgis. The bottoms are usually ptanted in corn; such lands, however, constitute but a small part of tbe area devoted to the crop in any county, and as tbe crop is almost universally reported good and generally above an average on high lauds, it may be safely assumed that t the yield will be above an avenge for the I state. The average condition nnd prospects* re- } petted by corespondents ia for tbe whole state, 98; in north Georgia 91, middle Georgia 92, southwest Georgia 99,east Georgia 195, and southeast Georgia 103. The condition of the cropi* reported lowest in tome of the mountainous counties of north ( Georgia, where tbe rains of June were most ??xei-tsive, and particularly iu northwest Georgia, where there is the largest proportional extent ot creek and river bottom*. Mice ellan core Chora. Bice???Tbe yield for the state U 89 per cent of an average. The sections are as lollowi: Middle Georgia, 92; southwest Georgia, 93; east Georgia, 95, and in southeast Georgia, where much the largest proportional area is devoted to the crop, 194, or 4 per cent above an average. Sugar Cano???Middle Georgia, 83; southwest Georgia, 87: east Georgia, 65; southeast Geor gia, 91, and the whole stats 80. Sorghum??? 1 This erop, awing to the scarcity of seta sugar cine Iu southern Georgia, has good in all the sections, and is IkSpe/cent. of an average crop for tho wholo atate. Field Teas???North Georgia, 99: middlo Georgia, 89; southwest Georgia, 95; east Geor- g ia, 03; southeait Georgia, 09, and in tho whole state, 95. Sweet Potatoes???The condition and prospect of thii crop Is reported 2 per cent* oboyo m overage lor tbe etate. The condition end f proipcct in north Georgia U 100; middle Geor- ia, 96; southwest Georgia, 100; eaat Georgia 00, and goutheaBt Georgia, 108. THE COTTON CROP. Tho Statement n?? Mado Up From tho Cotton Exchange*. Now 0??LJ!iK??, September 8 Tho following i?? the rtn??emont of the cotton crop of tho United State, for the year ending September, a. mado up by the national cotton exchanges: Net port receipts. Exports to Great Britain Exports to France Exb???to to cout???t & channel.. Total exports Overland direct to northern mill*..,. Total shipments overland Of which to northern ports.. Total crop.... .. . Taking of north???n spinners.. " ?? south'u spinners.. Total consumpt???n of U. S.. Sea Island crop Stock at all port* Average weight of bales Shipped to Canada 4,800,551 2,484,836 408,996 870.580 5,713,200 1,537,166 339,517 18,8-6.f>H3 25,400 126,721 48,254 1100 22,052 00,009,612 2,835,904 43S,8?? 011,801 1,178,560 608,??1 C,04'J,756 1,769,703 313,393 2,073,< >96 The Wheat Crop of Europe. . Washington, September 8.???United States Consul Plexatts, at Lyons, has forwarded a ???report to tbe department*of state relativo to tbe crops of this year in France. He soys the wheat crop will amount to about 316,000,000 bushels, which will surpass the harvest of 1883 by over 30,000,000 busnels. The quality is reported as being in excellent condition. The rice crop will equal 77,000,000 bushels. Tho quality ia very superior. The Indian corn crop will amount to 33,000,000bushels,ond the??potato crop to 41,200,000 bushels. Reports from England and the continental countries also state fine wheat crons. The English crop, in particular, has really been so fine that these reports havo affected and will still more seriously affect the price of wheat, which is falling doily. A cry for protection by in creased duties on foreign wheat goes up loudly from all parts of France. The Cotton Seed Crushers. St. Louis, September 10.???A number of cot ton seed crushers from tho sputh have been in secret session here tho past two days. It is understood that cotton seed oil interests are suffering from over production, and at least ono purpose of tho contercnco is to form a pool for the protection and regulation of tho trade. DISTINGUISHED GEORGIANS Whose Portraits Are Retag Painted for tho btnte??? Stephens, Johnson and Jenkins. Tbe last legislature ordered that portraits of Hcrschel'V. Johnson, Alexander It. Stephens and Charles J. Jenkins should bo painted for tbe slate capital. The awards for tho por traits of Governor Johnson and Governor Ste phens were given to Mrs. Greg ory, oi this city, and that for the j tor trait of Governor Jenkins to Mr. Carter, an Augusta artist. AU three portraits will be ready for presentation by tho time tho legis lature meets in November when it is probable that they will be received with ceremonies similar to those at the reception of the Hill portrait last November. Mr. Gregory is getting along -finely with both her portrtraits. They are in oil and will present life-size likeness of her distinguished subjects. She studied Governor Stephens and made sev eral pictures of him while he was living. Of Governor Johnson -she obtained some fino photographs^and ftom-hi*- ???istluisto'HHsRdl gathered such information os to his physical characteristics as will enable her to give a good likeness of him. The portraits will not be ready for inspection for sovcral weeks yet, but will bo exhibited beforo tho assembling of the legislature. Mr. Carter is said to be progressing finely with his portrait of Gover nor Jenkins. It is therefore probable that the gallery of Georgia???s distinguished sons will soon bo enriched with three noble figures. MISS EVA UR4TTON ON THE STAGE. The Editor of the "Huiricnne??? Playing Hor Part in a Variety Show. Atlanta people who subscribed for Miss Eva Britton???s "Hurricano??????and failed to get it??? will read with interest tho following from the Cleveland Leader, published at Clevoland, Ohio: Not a few of the visitors at the Whilo Elephant thi* week have had their attention irrcshtably drawn towurd the face aud form of one of tho efngersupon thc*tage. Something In her appear ance serin* familiar, but as yet. it U believed, none have reeoBUixi'd the rather pretty young girl who batidlcs her part *o well that she generally secures a recall. It will unquestionably be something of a surprise to somo of the young men about town to know that sho is none other than Eva Britton,the young edttrcM who two years and a half ago buttonhled and lagged them to subscribe for her papco tho Chorleston, 8. C., Hurricane, at fifty cento a year, but she it is. Her visit to the city has been accom plished very quietly, and it isdoubtfnl If a dose* pciions are aware of her presence here, tier first advent into Cleveland will bs recalled by hun dreds. It was fu January, 1882. She registered her name on Kt-nnard homo blotter and remained at that hotel lor four or five weeks. In the meantime she made hor face a familiar oue. Of slight, delicate form, a cheer ful countenance, and beautiful black eyes, she bad little difliciilty In securing an audience with whoever she approached. Hho carried with her a bundle of Hurricanes, a littlo paper published at Charleston, 8. C., and of which she said she w.w the editress. 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